ROBEL WOLDEGIORGIS

• Manually operate test vehicles throughout the Bay Area while collecting vehicle and system data using free driving and preplanned routes.
• Perform pre-drive and post-drive vehicle inspections, verifying vehicle condition, legal documents, equipment, and other required components.
• Verify data-recording systems before each mission, including storage disk installation, available memory capacity, recording status, and correct software versions.
• Perform and update binary when needed to ensure vehicles are operating on the required software version before data collection.
• Execute calibration procedures by driving vehicles through designated routes, obstacles, and positioning scenarios, while documenting results for engineering teams.
• Monitor vehicle systems during drives, identify hardware and software failures involving sensors such as radar and Lidar, and document issues with screenshots and reports.
• Communicate with engineering, hardware, and management teams to report failures, troubleshoot issues, follow technical instructions, and obtain approval before resuming missions.

National Home Health Services | Driver / Technician

• Installed and configured remote patient monitoring equipment in patients’ homes through Kaiser Permanente’s Advanced Care at Home program, including tablets, routers, Wi-Fi phones, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, and digital scales.
• Connected and tested Bluetooth-enabled devices to ensure patient readings were properly transmitted to healthcare providers.
• Troubleshooting equipment issues involving connectivity, device settings, batteries, and faulty equipment. Coordinated with IT support when needed, performed follow-up visits, and replaced defective devices.
• Assisted other technicians with troubleshooting and field assignments, coordinated equipment deliveries between service areas, and helped resolve day-to-day operational issues.
• Trained new hires on equipment installation, troubleshooting, company procedures, and daily field responsibilities through hands-on instruction and job shadowing.
• Managed daily service assignments primarily across Santa Clara and Alameda counties, with additional coverage throughout San Francisco, Napa, Contra Costa, and San Mateo counties.
• Used MOXO and company monitoring software to update work orders, communicate with management, nursing staff, and the intake team, and document installations, deliveries, service visits, and equipment returns.

• Collected high quality driving data by meticulously following test routes, scenarios, and protocols to enhance reliability of data.
• Operate and test vehicles for extended periods (10 hours/day) to support data collection and validation programs, conducted extended, long distance vehicle validation drives regularly traveling starting in Mountain View CA, to locations throughout Northern and Central California, including Carmel, Monterey, and areas beyond Sacramento.
• Perform pre-drive and post-drive inspections to ensure safety and compliance with test requirements.
• Prepared vehicles through comprehensive checks of fluids, tires, sensors, cameras, and onboard systems to ensure readiness for testing.
• Troubleshoot vehicle hardware and software issues, and clearly document the issues to engineering teams for review.
• Performed vehicle calibration procedures by following designated routes, driving scenarios, and positioning requirements.

• Handled vehicle sales, customer negotiations, test drives, and financing.
• Evaluated trade ins through visual inspections, test drives, diagnostic scans, fluid checks, and Carfax reports.
• Submitted financing applications to lenders and worked directly with customers to obtain loan approvals.
• Referred customers to outside credit unions for alternative financing options and better rates.
• Updated vehicle inventory on the dealership website, including photographing vehicles and creating listings.
• Coordinated vehicle transportation from auctions, including pickup schedules, delivery, payment and documentation.
• Managed customer payments, cash handling, and daily payment records.
• Completed sales paperwork, title transfers, and DMV registration documents.
• Handled daily dealership operations, including opening and closing, vehicle preparation, and taking vehicles to mechanic shops.